(CNN)–Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Connecticut, Wednesday objected to the pending purchase of Dow Jones and Company, the parent company of the "Wall Street Journal", by News Corp.

News Corp. owns the FOX network, the FOX NEWS cable channel, the New York Post and hundreds of other media entities.

"I am deeply troubled by the incredible amount of consolidation occurring across the American media landscape," the Democratic presidential candidate said. "The power of the media is swiftly being limited to a few controlling hands, which poses a serious threat to our democracy. The foundation of our democracy rests in our ability to hear from a diverse array of sources so that we can make informed decisions. The Wall Street Journal has provided a valuable and important news choice to the American public for years."

After three months, News Corp. chief executive and media tycoon Rupert Murdoch finally succeeded in his efforts to purchase Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones and Company
in a deal the companies valued at $5.6 billion. In a joint statement, News Corp. and Dow Jones announced early Wednesday that enough members of the Bancroft family, which own a controlling stake in the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, agreed to approve the takeover.

Dodd, who represents Connecticut in the Senate, said he was concerned about the paper's ability to maintain editorial independence under News Corporation ownership.

Sen.Dodd is a 100% correct on his stance against Murdoch owning the controling interest in the Dow Jones and Wall Street Journal.Will we ever learn? Common sense seems to have lost its way. This ego manic will push his hard right agenda through the editorial voice of the journal. Its conservative enough without him.

This is a direct result of the liberal corruption in today's mass media. And as they continue to lose peoples trust, others more trustworthy, raise to take their place. Cable News is what’s giving us the most diverse array of new sources, Mr. Dodd. Are your plans to limit it? Censor it??
Bias fairness schemes, we don't need..

This constant liberal whining has gotten out of hand. I heard the same crybaby noise on ABC and NBC last night when this story was run.

Has anyone ever purchased a radio station, newspaper etc, etc who was a KNOWN BLEEDING HEART LIBERAL ever had their editorial independence questioned?

NO FREAKIN' WAY. Strike 1.

The newsrooms around this country were polled a couple years back and the overwhelming majority (somewhere near 80%) proclaimed to be liberal in the political views.

Did we then have hearings and investigations on fairness in the media especially editorial and op-ed pages. Nope. Strike 2.

Moderates and Conservatives had nowhere to turn for another viewpoint or a venue to express it, so talk radio became their grand oasis.

Now liberals in the Senate and Congress want to bring back a fairness doctrine to squelch a non-liberal viewpoint even though NPR and other totally left leaning stations were given a chance to compete, but FAILED.

Boo hoo, nobody wants to listen to the propaganda anymore and we need the government to FORCE people to listen to us.

Strike 3.

Congratulations to Mr. Murdoch, let the brainwashing begin, right libs?

Liberal corruption in today's mass media.......??????????? Where on earth did you get that tidbit? Fox Noise I presume. I would love to listen to a liberal opinion so please tell me where I can find it. Even Countdown with Keith Olbermann has intelligent guests who will not and does not spin information.

I want to hear NEWS ...not other people's opinions. It's very hard to find real news any more. Bring back the days of Peter Jennings, Tom Brokaw, and Dan Rather.

“Boo hoo, nobody wants to listen to the propaganda anymore and we need the government to FORCE people to listen to us.”

"Yeah, thats why I don’t listen to the wackos of right-wing radio!"

John from NY, what politician was forcing you or hoping to legislate you into listeneing to right-wing radio? None.

In Mass you can listen to an array of viewpoints all through the dial and it is based on ratings and free enterprise on what stations with what formats survive. Capitalism and free thought at it's best.

Liberals like Dodd however, want to mandate the type of talk shows you listen too and if that isn't a socialist idea, then I don't know what one is.

I'll say it again, hundreds of card carrying LIBERALS have bought media entities and NOBODY ever questioned if their OP-ED and editorials would be able to be independent thinking.

I saw a great example of what kind of a "news" organization Faux News was last night. CNN, MSNBC and Faux News were covering the bridge collapse in Minnesota, only Faux News was about 20-30 minutes behind the other networks. They had nobody covering the news conferences where the actual information was being disseminated, they were repeating old, since-proven-to-be-inaccurate information – it was pathetic.

A NEWS organization would have had people on the ground tracking down and reporting up-to-the-minute, ACCURATE information. Yeah, yeah, it was in Minnesota. Well, that didn't stop every other NEWS organization from being there almost instantly and having it covered from every angle. That's what NEWS organizations do.

Yes, the WSJ does have an opinion page that is oriented to the right, but it is nevertheless a respected NEWSpaper.